Text and Graphic Features
A graphic included in the text to help the reader better understand what something looks like.
photograph or illustration
The paragrpahs of poetry.
Stanzas
When and where a story takes place.
Setting
The typical purpose of non-fiction texts.
inform
teach
explain
detail
any other teacher approved answer
What you should use if you don't know the meaning of a word.
dictionary
A text feature that is included at the beginning of smaller sections of text. These will help the reader identify main ideas of the sections that follow them.
subtitles / subheadings
What poetry is mostly made of.
Figurative language
The main problem in a text. What the story centers around.
conflict
a statement expressing what a text is mostly about.
main idea
controlling idea
central idea
The strategy you should use to take notes while reading.
# Hashtags
Text feature that accompanies a photograph or illustration in order to give the reader more detail about what they are looking at.
caption
The 2 main purposes of figurative language.
help the reader visuallize and / or show emotion
The 3 elements of plot you should identify when reading a fiction text.
Conflict, climax, and resolution.
Text features found in some non-fiction texts that can help the reader understand the main idea of sections of a text.
subtitles / subheadings
The way we annotate poetry.
WWAM
A graphic feature that will help the reader determine something related to the location or direction of something.
map
A conversation between characters. This can help reveal emotions!
dialogue
A writing strategy used in some fiction stories to show events from the past.
flashback
What I should focus on determining when reading non-fiction (2 things)
the controlling idea and the author's purpose
The acronymn you can use to eliminate answer choices on any summary question.
BME
A main text feature that the author's purpose should ALWAYS connect back to.
Directions given to actors/ actresses in a drama. This helps the reader to visualize placement of things/ people on the stage and to understand emotion / tone in the dialogue. They are found in [ brackets ]
stage directions
The point in the story where the reader will see a change in the main character's thoughts and/or actions.
climax
Elements outside of the text that can help the reader better understand or make meaning of the text.
graphic features
The strategy you should use when answering questions that involve using 2 texts.
T - chart